2025 Round Up: Favourite Graphic Novels for Teens

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Updated January 12, 2026
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Song of the Lioness. a graphic novel adaptationBook 1, Alanna
Ayala, Vita
Paper Book
The first book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce's award-winning Song of the Lioness quartet, adapted into a gorgeous, full-color graphic novel Filled with magic and mayhem, adventure and action, swords and spells, book one in the Song...
Kirby's lessons for falling (in love)
Gao, Laura
Paper Book
"I'm once again blown away by Laura Gao's ability to make me relate to someone completely different from myself. Get ready to experience the epic highs and lows of high school rock climbing." --Sonora Reyes, National Book Award finalist and bestselling author of The Lesbiana's Guide...
Raised by ghosts
Loewinsohn, Briana
Set in the author's own teenage years, Raised By Ghosts begins in 1991 with semi autobiographical Briana in middle school. Classes are a bummer, but lunches are worse; either spent alone, or being teased. Traditionally a good student, Briana is not doing well in her academics, but keeps it a secret....
Rebis : born and reborn
Marchesini, Irene
"Evocative." --Kirkus, starred review "Breathtaking." --Booklist, starred review For fans of Nimona and Snapdragon comes a medieval fantasy steeped in mystery and a haunting and hopeful tale of transformation and found...
BL Metamorphosis 1
Tsurutani, Kaori.
Paper Book
In this heartwarming and award-winning manga originally known as Metamorphose no Engawa, an elderly woman and a high school girl develop a beautiful friendship through their shared passion for Boys' Love. Ichinoi, a seventy-five-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a...
unOrdinary. Volume 1
uru-chan (Comics writer and artist)
Paper Book
From WEBTOON, the #1 digital comic platform, comes unOrdinary, the popular, action-packed series about John, an ordinary teen trying to survive high school in a world where superpowers dictate social status, and betrayal and conspiracies make up every turn.  Nobody pays much attention...
Clementine. Book three
Walden, Tillie
Paper Book
(W/A/CA) Tillie Walden ADVANCE SOLICIT From the world of ROBERT KIRKMAN's THE WALKING DEAD comes the highly anticipated and heart-wrenching finale of CLEMENTINE. Clementine finally has it all-a safe place to live, a girlfriend, even a cat...but...
The flip side
Walz, Jason
Paper Book
This breathtaking, page-turning graphic novel is a supernatural survival story in which a grieving teen finds himself in a haunting alternate reality-the frightening embodiment of his depression. For fans of Stranger Things and Nimona. Theo's best friend has died,...

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